Mechanize

The Mechanize library is used for automating interaction with websites. Mechanize automatically stores and sends cookies, follows redirects, and can follow links and submit forms. Form fields can be populated and submitted. Mechanize also keeps track of the sites that you have visited as a history.

The popularity rating of
Mechanize
explained

Github Repository

Rubygem

The highest rated repository is
rails/rails
with
26666
watchers and
10642
forks, resulting in a Github score of
100.00

The highest rated Rubygem is
rake
with
74768526
total downloads

These are the references for the score, marking the popularity of 100%

Now, the repository for
Mechanize
over at
sparklemotion/mechanize
has got
2557
watchers and
320
forks, resulting in a Github score of
5.16

Now, the gem
mechanize
has got
3219421
total downloads

Therefore, the relative popularity percentage can be calculated for
Mechanize

5.16
watchers & forks * 100%

= 5.20%

100.00 top score

3219421
total downloads * 100%

= 4.31%

74768526 top score

The average of those two values results in the score:

4.72%

So, assuming everyone is using the most popular projects,
roughly
one
out of
20
Rubyists use
Mechanize

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